Sword Art Online Arisimation: War of Underworld" Episode 5 advance cut has arrived!

The advance cut and synopsis for episode 5 of the fall anime "Sword Art Online Arisimation War of Underworld," which will begin airing on October 12, 2019 (Sat), have arrived.

Sword Art Online" is an anime work based on the novel by Reki Kawahara, winner of the 15th Dengeki Novel Award (Grand Prize), which depicts the activities of the main character Kirito in the mysterious next generation online game "Sword Art Online". On February 18, 2017, the anime film "Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale," based on a story written by Kawahara, was released. It was a huge hit, grossing over 4.3 billion yen at the box office worldwide. Then "Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online"airedin April 2018, and"Sword Art Online Arisimation" aired on October 6, 2018.Sword Art Online Arisimation War of Underworld is the latest in the series; itis a sequel toSword Art Online Arisimation, whichaired from October 2018.
⇒SAO 《Arisation》編, the third course, will start airing in October 2019! Teaser visual and PV are now on view! Sword Art Online -Ex Chronicle-" will be held in August!

The following is a synopsis and advance cut of the 5th episode "The Night Before the War Begins," which will be aired on and after November 9 (Sat.).

Synopsis & advance cut】
■Episode 5 "The Night Before the War Begins"

The "Great Eastern Gate" separates the human world from the Dark Territory. The forces of darkness are approaching close to the gate.
Alice decides to fight for the people, and joins the Human World army with Kirito.
However, compared to the overwhelming strength of the Dark Territory Army, there were only 13 Matching Knights in the Army of the Human World who were capable of fighting.
In the face of absolute inferiority, Alice wonders whether she should take Kirito with her, who is as much a cripple as he is a soldier in the front line. ......

＜Broadcast Information
TOKYO MX November 9 (Sat) 24:00-
BS11 Saturday, November 9, 24:00～
Gunma TV November 9 (Sat) 24:00～
Tochigi TV Saturday, November 9, 24:00～
MBS Saturday, November 9, 26:08～
TV Aichi November 12 (Tue) 26:35～
AT-X Sunday, November 10, 22:00～
AbemaTV Saturday, November 9, 24:00～ *Simultaneous terrestrial distribution
The broadcast date and time may be subject to change due to programming reasons or other reasons. Please be forewarned that the broadcast date and time may be subject to change due to programming reasons.

Production information】 ※Honorifics omitted.
SWORD ART ONLINE ARISATION War of Underworld
＜Introduction
Kirito, Eugio, and Alice.
Half a year has passed since the two swordsmen and a knight with integrity defeated the High Priest and Administrator.
After the battle, Alice lives in her hometown of Lourid.
Next to her is Kirito, who has lost his best friend, his arm, and his heart.
Alice, who supports him devotedly, does not have the heart of a knight that she once had.
Tell me, Kirito,......, what should I do,......?"
However, the countdown to the "Final Load Experiment," which will lead the entire Underworld to tragedy, is relentless.
As if in response, deep within the depths of the Dark Territory, the dark god Bekta has returned. Leading his dark army, he begins his invasion of the Human Realm in order to obtain the Priestess of Light.
The knight of integrity Vercuri, who commands the forces of the Human Realm, decides to engage the forces of the Dark Territory in a war of unprecedented scale.
However, Alice is still nowhere to be found. And the two heroes who saved the "human world" are still missing.
The final chapter of the longest and most beautiful battle in the "SAO" series, "Alicization," finally begins!

<STAFF> Original Story

Original story: Reki Kawahara (Dengeki Bunko)
Original illustrations and character designs by: abec
Director: Manabu Ono
Character Design：Shingo Adachi, Go Suzuki, Tomoya Nishiguchi, Yumiko Yamamoto, Kento Toya
Assistant Director: Takashi Sakuma
Chief Animation Director: Suzuki Gou, Yamamoto Yumiko, Toya Kento
Prop Design: Mami Hayakawa, Kiminori Ito
Monster Design : Toshiya Kono
Action Animation Director：Yoshihiro Kanno
Art Director：Yukako Ogawa Yoshihito Watanabe
Art Setup：Kenichi Morioka, Yuho Taniuchi
Color Designer: Naomi Nakano
Director of Photography: Akintaro Waki, Kenta Hayashi
Motion Graphics : Takemune Oshiro
CG Director: Ryuta Undo
Editing: Yuji Kondo
Sound Director: Miwa Iwanami
Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Sound Production: Sonirudo
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Produced by EGG FIRM Straight Edge
Production: A-1 Pictures
Production: SAO-A Project

＜CAST
Kirito(Kazuto Kirigaya): Matsuoka Sadayuki / Asuna(Asuna Yuki): Tomatsu Haruka / Alice: Chino Ai